RESOLUTION
AMENDING RESOLUTION 89-0323 ESTABLISHING THE DULUTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (DEDA) TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DEDA'S EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR BY THE MAYOR SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

BY
PRESIDENT STAUBER:

WHEREAS, the
Duluth City Council adopted resolution 89-0323, on April 24, 1989, establishing
the Duluth economic development authority (DEDA); and

WHEREAS, the
Duluth City Council adopted resolution 98-0949, on December 21, 1998,
amending the above-referenced resolution to require that four of the commissioners
on DEDA be city councilors and to further require that a majority of the
commissioners present at a meeting must be city councilors for action
to be taken; and

WHEREAS, the
Duluth City Council adopted resolution 99-0239, on March 22, 1999, further
amending the above-referenced resolution to require that any expenditure
by DEDA in excess of $25,000 be approved by the city council; and

WHEREAS, the
Duluth City Council adopted resolution 02-0606, on October 28, 2002, further
amending the above-referenced resolution to require that if an action
is taken by DEDA at a meeting in which council members do not constitute
a majority of commissioners present and voting, then that action is not
final and cannot be implemented unless and until it is approved by resolution
of the Duluth City Council. (Resolution 89-0323, Resolution 98-0949, Resolution
99-0239 and Resolution 02-0606 are hereinafter referred to as the DEDA
establishment resolution.); and

WHEREAS, the
Duluth City Council desires to further amend the DEDA establishment resolution.

NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED, that Paragraph 6 of the DEDA establishment resolution
is hereby amended as follows:6.The executive director of the
DEDA shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to approval by the city
council,That the director
of the department of planning and development of the city shall act as
the executive director of the DEDA and, in such capacity,
and the executive director shall act at the direction of the commissioners.

STATEMENT
OF PURPOSE: This resolution amends the resolution establishing
DEDA to provide for DEDA's executive director to be appointed by the mayor
subject to approval of the city council. In the past, the director of
the department of planning and development of the city acted as the executive
director of DEDA.